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Ii WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING. MONDAY, March 2, 1908. To CHARLES E. WHEELER, Constable of Lexington, GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday, the second day of March, A. D., 1908, at 7.00 o'clock a. m., to act on the following Articles, viz.:— Am-tax 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers : One Town Clerk for the term of one year; three Selectmen for the term of one year; three Overseers of the Poor for the term of one year; three Surveyors of the Highways for the term of one year; one Assessor for the term of one year; one Assessor for the term of two years; one Assessor for the term of three years; one Town Treasurer for the term of one year; one Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; two Auditors for the term of one year; two Constables for the term of one year; one Water Commissioner for the term of one year; one Water Commissioner for the term of three years; one member of the Cemetery Committee for the term of one year; one member of the Cemetery Committee for the terra of three years; two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; one Sewer Commissioner for the term of three years; one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years ; one Tree Warden for the term of one year. ART. 3. To see if the town will vote for or against granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors. in answer to the ques- tion : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" The vote on the above question shall be by ballot, " Yes" or "No." 12 The election officers will receive votes under Articles 2 and 3 on the official ballot prepared by the Town Clerk. The polls will be opened as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until 5 o'clock p. m. In compliance with Article III of the By -Laws as umended by vote of the town, Jan. 29, 1900, business under the following Articles will be transacted at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, Mar. 9, 1908, unless the adjourned meeting shall by unanimous vote, be ordered for some other specified time. ART. 4. To receive the report of any Board of 'Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town for action thereon. ART. 5. To choose such town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination - ART, 6. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119, Grand Army of the Republic. ART. 7. To provide for the support of the Public Schools the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 8. To provide for the support of the Poor at the Poor Farm the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Air. 9. To provide for the support of Outside Poor the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 10. To provide for the support of the Highways the ensu- ing year, and grant money for the same. ART. 11. To provide for the support of the Street Lights the ensuing year, and grant money for the same. Arca. 12. To provide for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year, and grant -money for the same. ART. 13. To see if the town will make the appropriations for town expenses the ensuing year, as submitted by the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto.